Navistar and A.P. Moller-Maersk have both signed multi-year outsourcing contracts with IBM.

Navistar has signed a seven-year deal with the IT giant to provide the truck and motor home manufacturer with a range of IT services including data centre relocation, server and storage management, and database management services.

In the same week IBM, who already provide IT services for container ship operator A.P. Moller-Maersk, has had its contract with them extended until 2014.

Under these contracts, technology giant, IBM will provide both companies with a business model converting common IT processes to standardised components. These components can then be implemented across geographic and organisational boundaries.

Navistar CIO Don Sharp is optimistic about the advantages outsourcing IT solutions will bring to the company: “With facilities on five continents and continued global growth, it is imperative for Navistar to transform its IT infrastructure.”